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It’s Sacred Baby Festival Eve, and that means it is time for joy, goodfellowship, excising bad friends from your life (You know who you are), and political score settling. This year, wevare too freaked out to even entertain the idea of a “War” on Christmas because Jesus Christ sittin’ on Santa’s lap askin’ for collectible […]
BEST CASE: Financial meltdown/sex scandal/race riots/financial conflicts of interest lead to societal chaos and impeachment within two years; President Pence then outlaws abortion, homosexuality and masturbation; loses 2020 by a landslide to Elizabeth Warren; Republican brand ruined for generations. WORST CASE: ISIS attacks Times Square with dirty bomb; Trump retaliates with nuclear bombs in Eastern […]
Nate Silver had this little essay this morning called: “Democrats Need to Win Elections, Not Flip Electors.” 1) First off, false dichotomy. Regardless of the merits of trying to flip the Electoral College, Democrats are not going to stop trying to win elections. It’s not like there’s a huge, expensive effort to flip electors that is […]
I am having the same sense of unreality I had after 9/11. That whole “What just happened couldn’t have actually happened, could it?” feeling. That sense of walking on eggshells, waiting for the other shoe to drop. That dread of what could come. That horror over what did happen. The feeling of helplessness. The sense […]
This just continutes to be a shattering shitshow. What I find frightening today is Trump trying to undermine the credibility of the CIA. So the American public will no longer trust the agencies that are meant to protect them. He is destroying our country already and he hasn’t even taken office yet: “Trump denies CIA […]